Systems and methods for adaptive skin treatment

Abstract

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method of dynamically adapting a facial treatment based on a current facial skin profile, comprising: using at least one sensor for measuring at least one current value of at least one variable skin characteristic of facial skin of a patient; acquiring at least one personal skin characteristic of facial skin of the patient; calculating a current facial skin status of the patient according to the at least one personal skin characteristic and the at least one current value; determining instructions to operate a treatment applicator according to the current facial skin status; and instructing the treatment applicator according to the instructions.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A computer implemented method of adapting a facial treatment based on a current facial skin profile, comprising:
 using at least one sensor for measuring at least one current value of at least one variable skin characteristic of facial skin of a patient; 
 acquiring at least one personal skin characteristic of facial skin of the patient; 
 calculating a current facial skin status of the patient according to the at least one personal skin characteristic and the at least one current value; 
 calculating according to the current facial skin status a treatment plan defining how to operate each of a plurality of treatment applicator elements in multiple different stages; and 
 operating one or more of the plurality of treatment applicator elements according to the treatment plan such that at least one treatment applicator element from the plurality of treatment applicator elements is operated simultaneously with another one of the plurality of treatment elements that applies a substance in at least one of the multiple different stages; 
 wherein the multiple different stages include an RF treatment stage and a laser therapy stage and the plurality of treatment applicator elements comprises an applicator element for the RF treatment stage and an applicator element for the laser therapy stage. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein calculating the current facial skin status of the patient is performed based on code executing a machine learning algorithm trained using a training set storing at least one facial skin characteristic for each of a plurality of different patients. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the training set stores at least one calculated current facial skin status of each of the plurality of different patients, calculated based on at least one measured current value for at least one variable skin characteristic and at least one personal skin characteristic of each respective patient. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising acquiring at least one environmental condition characteristic; wherein the current facial skin status of the patient is calculated according to the at least one personal skin characteristic and the at least one current value and the at least one environmental condition characteristic, the at least one environment condition characteristic selected from the group consisting of: humidity forecast, temperature forecast, overcast forecast, pollution level, radiation level, and ultraviolet index forecast. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , further comprising acquiring location data indicative of a current location of the patient and using the current location for acquiring the at least one environmental condition characteristic. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising performing an analysis of historical records indicative of locations of the patient in a predefined period which precedes the calculating of the current facial skin status; wherein the current facial skin status of the patient is calculated according to the at least one personal skin characteristic and the at least one current value and an outcome of the analysis. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising performing an analysis of scheduling records indicative of future locations of the patient in a predefined period which proceeds the calculating of the current facial skin status; wherein the current facial skin status of the patient is calculated according to the at least one personal skin characteristic and the at least one current value and an outcome of the analysis. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises a member of a group consisting of: an image sensor, a skin moisture detector, and a skin elasticity detector. 
     
     
       9. A system for adapting a facial treatment based on a current facial skin profile, comprising:
 at least one sensor for measuring at least one current value of at least one skin characteristic of the facial skin of the patient; 
 a treatment applicator comprising:
 a plurality of applicator elements for applying a plurality of different treatments to facial skin of a patient, 
 a communication unit for receiving data from a database storing data associated with a plurality of patients, 
 a program store storing code, and 
 a processor coupled to the communication unit, and to the program store for implementing the stored code, the code comprising:
 code instructions for acquiring at least one personal skin characteristic of facial skin of the patient from the at least one current value, 
 code instructions for calculating a current facial skin status of the patient according to the at least one personal skin characteristic and to the data associated with the plurality of patients, 
 code instructions for calculating according to the current facial skin status a treatment plan defining how to operate each of a plurality of treatment applicator elements in multiple different stages; and 
 code instructions for operating one or more of the plurality of treatment applicator elements according to the treatment plan such that at least one treatment applicator element from the plurality of treatment applicator elements is operated simultaneously with another one of the plurality of treatment elements that applies a substance in at least one of the multiple different stages; 
 
 
 wherein the multiple different stages include an RF treatment stage and a laser therapy stage and the plurality of treatment applicator elements comprises an applicator element for the RF treatment stage and an applicator element for the laser therapy stage. 
 
     
     
       10. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein operating the one or more determined treatment applicator elements according to the treatment plan include instructions to control at least one of the plurality of treatment applicator elements to change at least one of: amount of the one or more substances, type of the one or more substances, concentration of the one or more substances, and combination of the one or more substances. 
     
     
       11. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein instructions for operating the one or more determined treatment applicator elements according to the treatment plan include instructions to change the combination of the one or more substances. 
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the method comprises presenting the treatment plan to a user for authorization. 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the user is allowed to manually intervene with the treatment plan. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the instructions are adapted dynamically wherein the treatment plan cannot be manually tampered with by the user. 
     
     
       15. The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of treatments further comprises electrophoresis. 
     
     
       16. The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the instructions to operate the treatment applicator include instructions to adapt at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of: frequency, timing, phase, and amplitude, to adapt:
 a radiofrequency (RF) transmission pattern; and 
 an applied light or laser transmission pattern. 
 
     
     
       17. The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the instructions to operate the one or more applicator elements include instructions to control at least one of:
 amount, type, concentration, and combination of at least one applied substance. 
 
     
     
       18. The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the instructions to operate the one or more applicator elements include instructions to control application of a combination of applied substances. 
     
     
       19. The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the code comprises instructions to:
 calculating a treatment plan, wherein the instructions are determined according to the calculated treatment plan; and 
 presenting the treatment plan to a user for authorization. 
 
     
     
       20. The system according to  claim 19 , wherein the user is allowed to manually intervene with the treatment plan. 
     
     
       21. The system according to  claim 19 , wherein the instructions are adapted dynamically wherein the treatment plan cannot be manually tampered with by the user.